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Show 104 lower delivered price than when the West from steel products same existing facilities greatly expanded in the and cularly in the Pacific Coast region's purchasing b. mill pricing Changes in an a attendant freight a of the broadening prices adoption more of nearly in other sections of the United States. 7 prevailing provided a more highly favorable environ- accelerated progress towards industrial maturity in the West. within any economy one segment stimulates adva.nc ern ent in many others. fabricators are new in a moved into the position region to supply are close, and progress variety a the amounts of various products consumed in the West. consumption 2,860,000 of fabricated steel net tons of rolled Western steel of which products One such products attempt produce Dr. in the West Mahoney to estimate the kinds study estimated the total equivalent steel, of which 1,862, 000 fabricated articles. 8 7Supra, Chapter an of steel necessary to types in in manufactured form. Various studies have been undertaken in ported provided rates and the inter-relationships of has expansion rapid rate, parti- The formerly and the foundation for steel fabrication in the have resulted in delivered steel These factors have ment for plants, post-war periods States, with power. to those comparable and and income have increased at Population o, war strengthened West. f. in the purchased elsewhere. The establishment of modern i.rrte g r a te d of produced were tons to were im- used available data from Ill. 8 Mahoney, "The Western Steel Industry" (Part II), OPe c i t See also pp. 28-40 for the study which the cited figures s urrirn a r-i z e in the Proceedings of the Salt Steel Feb. ; , Lake-City Dr. Mahoney gave estimates of 3,268,000 Conference, and 2,174,000 net 1945, tons, pp. 41-42. However , po 58, respectively. |
